The UN Migration Agency (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday presented their plans for expanding operations in Libya and enhancing their support to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and Libyans affected by the ongoing conflict. The United Nations… Read More ›
New research – published in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) – suggests that the phytoestrogens found in fennel help manage postmenopausal symptoms and pose no adverse effects. Clinical trial shows fennel is a safe and… Read More ›
Ghana’s Supreme Court judge, Justice Sophia A.B. Akufffo, one of the first judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, has been confirmed as the country’s Chief Justice (CJ). Sophia Akuffo was a member of the Governing Committee of… Read More ›
Researchers from the University of Montreal in Canada have identified a link between the use of macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, and some other common antibiotics in early pregnancy and an increased risk of miscarriage. The findings were recently reported in the… Read More ›
The congress of respected female Islamic clerics, the first of its kind in Indonesia which took place in Cirebon in West Java, urged an amendment to the 1974 Marriage Law, which allows girls to be married from age 16. The… Read More ›
FORBES WOMAN AFRICA (www.ForbesAfrica.com), the continent’s first-ever women’s interest magazine from the highly-successful FORBES stable, launches its very first television show through FORBES AFRICA TV, in partnership with Ecobank. On Friday, April 28th, FORBES WOMAN AFRICA’s “Against the Odds with… Read More ›
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a serious and growing problem. Previously linked with obesity, a new study also connects it to maternal obesity – meaning that what your mother ate during pregnancy may affect your future liver health. Medical… Read More ›
The fearless Gambian human rights activist won New African Woman magazine’s Woman of the Year Award (http://NAW-Forum.com) at the Award ceremony that took place in Dakar last night. Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajan was instrumental in galvanising the opposition that eventually beat long-term… Read More ›
